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Shanghai Stock Exchange: Warding Off Deliberate Profit Manipulations

Date 28/11/2006

At the First Training Course on New Accounting Standards sponsored by the China Securities Regulatory Commission under the auspices of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), Director Zhou Guoqing of the SSE Listed Company Department said that listed companies must not take advantage of changing accounting policies to manipulate profits for obtaining malfeasant interests.
Shanghai Stock Exchange Finalizes "Choice Cases Of Debt Clearing"

Date 28/11/2006

The "Choice Cases of Listed Companies' Debt Clearing in 2006" worked out recently by the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), highlighting the experiences of typical debt clearing of 27 companies, aims to orient 45 SSE companies which have not completed their debt clearing and related parties to the clearing modes and innovative methods.
NLB, SGX Ink First MOU And Launch The Investment Resource And Information Service (IRIS) At The National Library

Date 28/11/2006

Library Board (NLB) and Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to forge a strategic partnership leveraging on the domain expertise and resources of SGX, and the information management expertise and resources of NLB. Under the MOU, both parties jointly launched a new service called Investment Resource and Information Service (IRIS) @National Library.
Dow Jones Indexes Named Index Provider Of The Year In Structured Products’ Asian Awards 2006

Date 28/11/2006

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, was named “Index Provider of the Year, Asia” by the U.K. based magazine Structured Products and based on the votes of an independent judging panel. The award recognizes Dow Jones Indexes’ work in the index field.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes To U.S. Index

Date 27/11/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P SmallCap 600 index: California Pizza Kitchen Inc. (NASD:CPKI) will replace Harbor Florida Bancshares Inc. (NASD:HARB) in the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading on Thursday, November 30. Harbor Florida is being acquired by S&P 500 constituent National City Corp. (NYSE:NCC) in a deal expected to close on or about that date, pending final approvals. Digene Corp. (NASD:DIGE) will replace NS Group Inc. (NYSE

Share Change For Brambles Limited In S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 27/11/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006: Brambles Limited (Australia, SEDOL: B1FJ0C0, GICS Code: 20201030), a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index, will increase its shares to 1,541,196,006 as a result of the unification with Brambles Industries plc.
NYMEX To Change Margins For Natural Gas, Related Futures Contracts

Date 27/11/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its natural gas, Henry Hub swap, swing swap and penultimate swap, natural gas penultimate and last day, and NYMEX miNYTM natural gas futures contracts effective at the close of business tomorrow.
SEC Declares Effective Form S-4 Registration Statement Of NYSE Euronext, Inc. With Respect To Proposed Combination Between NYSE Group, Inc. And Euronext N.V. - NYSE Group Shareholder Meeting Set For December 20, 2006

Date 27/11/2006

Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ) declared effective the Form S-4 registration statement relating to the proposed combination between NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) and Euronext N.V. NYSE Group and Euronext N.V. have entered into an agreement providing for a combination of their businesses under a new holding company named NYSE Euronext. The combination will create the first global exchange group, encompassing seven exchanges in six countries.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes To The S&P Global 100 Index

Date 27/11/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P Global 100 Index effective after the close of trading on November 30, 2006. The shares of Nortel Networks Corporation (ticker NT; sedol 2583877) will be consolidated on a 1-for-10 basis.
The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks For November 2006

Date 27/11/2006

As of mid-November, short interest in 2,753 NASDAQ Global MarketSM securities totaled 6,864,479,290 shares compared with 7,272,707,794 shares in 2,748 Global Market issues for the month of October